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2019-01-02 Resolution of Support - Berry Hill - Packet VersionPittsylvania County Board of Supervisors RESOLUTION 2019-01-02 VIRGINIA: At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors on January 15, 2019, in the General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields Courthouse Addition, the following Resolution was presented and adopted: WHEREAS, the Southern Virginia Mega Park at Berry Hill has more than one hundred (100) developable acres; and WHEREAS, the Southern Virginia Mega Park at Berry Hill has investments in Pre- Engineering, Right of Way Acquisition, and Environmental Studies have been made by the EDA/IDA to make the park attractive for world class industrial clients; and WHEREAS, the Southern Virginia Mega Park at Berry Hill is in an Opportunity Zone designated by the Commonwealth, and is listed by the Virginia Department of Community Housing and Community Development; and WHEREAS, the Southern Virginia Mega Park at Berry Hill’s expenses and revenue is shared between two (2) or more localities; and WHEREAS, the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facilities Authority and its member jurisdiction have invested more than forty (40) million dollars in the Southern Virginia Mega Park at Berry Hill. WHEREAS, sufficient electric infrastructure is necessary to recruit industries that will provide significant jobs for the tax base in the Southside Virginia Region; and WHEREAS, the impact of the Mega Park’s success will provide jobs and revenue to the utility’s customer base, further enhancing the customers’ quality of life. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors requests and supports any initiative to allow the up-front construction of utilities to make the Southern Virginia Mega Park at Berry Hill a shovel-ready site. Given under my hand this 15th day of January, 2019. __________________________________________ Joe B. Davis, Chairman Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors